AN inquest into the death of the commanding officer of the Poole-based Special Boat Service following a diving incident in Norway has been concluded in secret for reasons of national security. Lieutenant Colonel Richard van der Horst, 38, was taking part
ONE man was taken to hospital after a large commercial firework was let off in the garden of a house in Charminster. The incident happened in Bennett Road at 9.15pm on Saturday, November 5 - police only released details to the media on November 11. A
"WE REMEMBER those who died. We remember those who were scarred. And we remember with gratitude those who gave up their lives for their friends." Veterans, disabled ex-servicemen and their families joined together in an emotional service at the parish
THE South is gearing up for another week of fun-filled events to raise funds for this year's Children in Need appeal. Celebrities will be urging the public to dig deep for the annual appeal during the special BBC appeal night on Friday, November 18. As
THE family of a war hero is planning to honour him with a church service in Weymouth after he died alone in Canada. Relatives of 85-year-old Reginald Miele, who fought in France and Africa with the 8th Army, say they were disappointed to hear he had been
CHILDREN across Dorset will no longer routinely receive vaccinations against TB. For many years, youngsters have received BCG jabs to protect them from the potentially fatal disease. Now parents across the county have been sent letters advising them that
BLIND people are picking up the bill for what they claim is a lifeline after Dorset County Council pulled the plug on their Talking Books service. Registered blind people in Dorset now have to find £70 a year for the Royal National Institute for the Blind
A GRIEVING mum is calling for help to create a memorial to her son who was killed in the Lulworth double drowning tragedy. Christine Myburgh wants to see a permanent tribute to 16-year-old Mathew put up near the spot where he was swept to his death with
AFC Bournemouth moved into extra time on November 11 after shareholders agreed to a plan to sell the club's stadium to a property investor. Chairman Peter Phillips said the controversial proposal to sell Dean Court to the London company Structadene will
INSENSITIVE. That was the word shoppers were using as council staff assembled German market stalls in Bournemouth Square while war veterans marked Armistice Day. People were aggrieved that the council allowed the outlets to be put up on the day that Britain
COUNTY activist Tony Bennett has turned back time with the signs by 30 years to put his home town of Bournemouth back into Hampshire. While he was in Bournemouth to visit his widowed mother on Thursday, the Essex-based solicitor moved the Dorset sign
"A REAL gentleman" - that's how the Bournemouth journalist who was the last person to interview Lord Lichfield described the renowned photographer, who died on November 11 after a stroke. Amber Maitland, 23, news editor at Digital Photographer, which
AFC Bournemouth moved into extra time on November 11 after shareholders agreed to a plan to sell the club's stadium to a property investor. Chairman Peter Phillips said the controversial proposal to sell Dean Court to the London company Structadene will
RESIDENTS on one of Poole's busiest roads have been told to prove that they require a pedestrian crossing. At present, residents living on or near to the busy Blandford Road, on the junction with Oak Road in Upton, have to use their wits to cross over
THOUSANDS of people across south and west Dorset stopped to pay their respects to Britain's fallen servicemen. Councillors, former servicemen and members of the public stopped at war memorials in Weymouth, Dorchester and Portland to remember the dead.
A BUSINESSMAN warned that more accidents will happen on a busy stretch of road unless speeding measures are put in place. Kier Francis, who lives and works in North Street, Charminster, said action needed to be taken after a motorcyclist was injured in
THERE were tears of joy in two homes this week when stolen dogs were reunited with their owners, thanks to the Daily Echo. On Wednesday, November 9 we told how, six days earlier, Staffordshire bull terrier Milly was untied and taken from outside public
